Wood-Boring Beetles (Coleoptera) Affecting Vitis vinifera L. (Vitaceae) Cultivation in Southeastern Turkey
Author
Ruzzier, Enrico
Author
Ataş, Mustafa
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2024
2024-06-21
78
2
165
170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-78.2.165
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.165
1938-4394
BostRIchus capucINus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimens:
10 exx.,
Turkey
:
Elaziğ
(Hoşköy),
38°40′31′′ N
39°24′15′′ E
,
977 m
,
M. Ataş
leg.
General Distribution:
Species with a Palearctic distribution (Löbl and Smetana 2007), introduced into the
USA
but not established (
Simon 2014
).
Distribution in
Turkey
:
Ardahan
,
Balikesir
,
Bartin
,
Erzincan
,
Erzurum
,
Iğdir
,
Kars
,
Kayseri
,
Konya
,
Muğla
,
Diyarbakir
Eğil (Central District) (
Ozgen 2018
). The data presented here constitute the first record of this species in
Elaziğ
(Hoşköy).
Larval Host Plants:
Despite
Quercus
spp.
(
Fagaceae
) being considered the main host genus for this species,
B. capucinus
can develop on multiple other plants, such as
Ericaceae
,
Fabaceae
,
Fagaceae
,
Moraceae
,
Myrtaceae
,
Pinaceae
,
Rhamnaceae
, and
Vitaceae
(
e.g.
,
Fisher 1950
; Halperin and Damoiseau 1980; Nardi and Mifsud 2015).
Notes.
The species emerged from branches of the
Ağin
white variety (
Ağin
beyazi), specifically from those that resulted from pruning of the previous year.